Cinereous Bunting vs Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza cineracea compared with Emberiza hortulana

Key Differences

• Cinereous Bunting is Not Evaluated while Ortolan Bunting is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cinereous Bunting	Ortolan Bunting
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum same	Chordata (척삭동물)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class same	Aves (새)	Aves (새)
Order same	Passeriformes (참새목)	Passeriformes (참새목)
Family same	Emberizidae	Emberizidae
Genus same	Emberiza	Emberiza
Species	Emberiza cineracea	Emberiza hortulana

Evolutionary Relationship

Cinereous Bunting and Ortolan Bunting share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Emberiza.

Conservation Status

Cinereous Bunting

NE — Not Evaluated

Ortolan Bunting

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cinereous Bunting	Ortolan Bunting
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cinereous Bunting

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Ortolan Bunting

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (7 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cinereous Bunting

The cinereous bunting (Emberiza cineracea) is a small passerine bird in the family Emberizidae, with a breeding range centered on Turkey, the Greek Aegean islands, and parts of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. It breeds primarily on arid, rocky hillsides and sparse scrub at low to moderate elevations, and winters in the Arabian Peninsula, northeastern Africa, and the Middle East. The male is a distinctive pale gray-yellow bird with a streaked brown back and yellow-tinged head, while females are more streaked and less colorful. The species favors dry, open habitats with sparse vegetation, often nesting on the ground or in low scrub. The cinereous bunting is classified as Not Evaluated by the IUCN in some assessments, though it has also been assessed as Least Concern in others, reflecting a small to moderate global population concentrated in the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey. It is entirely absent from Norway; any such database record is an artifact of data entry error. Like other buntings, it feeds primarily on seeds outside the breeding season and takes invertebrates during nesting. Habitat loss in its breeding range, particularly degradation of traditional dry-land farming and grazing landscapes in Turkey and Greece, represents the primary conservation concern.

Ortolan Bunting

오르토란멧새(Emberiza hortulana)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 심각한위기종(CR)으로 분류됩니다. 극심한 개체수 감소와 서식지 손실로 인해 야생 멸종 위험이 매우 높습니다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden